Another day, another announcement of a new digital camera from Olympus, today’s being the Olympus SZ-14. The SZ-14 is part of Olympus’ Traveller range, an all-rounder.
It’s a 14 megapixel all metal body camera, with 24x optical zoom, 3 inch LCD screen, wide angle lens, dual image stabilisation, • Face Detection and Shadow Adjustment Technology, and 16 scene modes. In an Instagram world a camera needs a little artistic help, and the Olympus SZ-14 gives you 11 Magic Filters for you to play with – Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish Eye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk, Sparkle, Watercolor, Reflection, Miniature, and Fragmented.
Olympus SZ-14 availability and price
The Olympus SZ-14 will go on sale next month, in a choice of silver, red and black. And of course, because we are so very far away from the release date, being all of 4 weeks away, there’s no pricing details as yet.
Olympus SZ-14 specifications
- Effective megapixels: 14 MP
- Image sensor type: CCD
- Image sensor size: 1/2.3″
- Image processing engine: TruePic III+
- ISO range: 80 – 1600
- Lens focal length: 4.5 – 108mm
- Film lens equivalent (35mm): 26 – 600mm
- Widest aperture: Wide (W) F3.0; Tele (T) F6.9
- Optical zoom range: 24x
- Digital zoom: 4x (96x maximum combined zoom)
- Nearest focusing distance: Normal – 0.1m (W); 0.4m (T)
- Macro: 0.1m (W); 0.4m (T)
- Super Macro: 0.03m
- Viewing screen type: TFT
- Viewing screen size: 3″
- Screen resolution: 460,000
- Secondary viewfinder: No
- Image stabilisation: CCD Shift
- Autofocus system type: CCD contrast detection
- Focus modes: Face Detect iESP/Spot/tracking
- Metering modes: ESP/Spot
- Scene modes: Portrait, Beauty, Landscape, Hand-Held Night Scene, Night Scene, Night+Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Self Portrait, Sunset, Fire Works, Cuisine, Documents, Beach & Snow, Pet (Cat), Pet (Dog)
- Panorama recording: In-camera
- 3D recording: Photo (with included software)
- Creative filter system: Magic Filters (Photo & Movie)
- Photo Magic Filter types: Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish Eye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk, Sparkle, Watercolor, Reflection, Miniature, Fragmented
- Video Magic Filter types: Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish Eye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk, Watercolor, Reflection, Miniature, Fragmented
- Shutter speed range: 1/2 – 1/2000s (Night scene longest 4 sec)
- Self timer: 12/2 seconds
- Wi-Fi Compatibility: Yes (with optional Eye-Fi card)
- GPS: No
- Electronic Compass: No
- Date imprint: Yes
- Memory card type: SD/SDHCSDXC
- Internal memory: 59M
- Photo recording format: JPEG
- Video recording format: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
- Recording time: 29 minutes
- Video file sizes: Maximum 4GB
- Video with sound: Yes
- Built in microphone type: AAC
- External microphone option: No
- Computer interface (Cable type): USB 2.0 High Speed
- AV interface (Cable type): HDMI (CB-HD1 Type D); AV cable (CB-AVC3)
- Battery charging: In-camera via USB
- Battery charger: with optional LI-50C external charger
- Battery life (CIPA standard): Approx. 220 shots
- Dimensions: 106.5 x 68.7 x 39.5 mm (W x H x D)
- Weight: 216 grams
- Box contents: SZ-14 digital camera, USB cable & charger, instruction manual, [ib] software CD, audio/video cable, wrist strap, Lithium-Ion battery (LI-50B), warranty card